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“You’re the Best, Around…” (El Keter’s Favorite Albums of 2008, Day Three)

January 5, 2009 – 10:30 am
  Out of all the records I enjoyed during 2008 I chose 20 of them as my favorites.  I put them all in alphabetical order and wrote about them.  Here are another five… Adorably precocious Swedish Indie-Pop chanteuse Lykke Li out-Feist-ed Canadian Indie-Folk femme Leslie Feist simply by being…well…more feisty. The nigh-unpronounceable newcomer’s initially self-released debut Youth Novels […]
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Albums That Should Suck, But Don’t: 808s & Heartbreak

December 1, 2008 – 10:30 am
Something like a bazillion years ago (okay, it was more like a year and change) I tried starting a new regular Blogarhythms feature about things…Be they artists, albums or whatever…That should in theory “suck,” but don’t. I got as far as profiling rich kid son of a superstar guitarist turned superstar DJ turned superstar […]
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The French vs. The British

November 11, 2008 – 10:30 am
Like I said yesterday, the search for new and unproven talent–and the flood of wannabes in that respect–continues in a seemingly never-ending fashion. But there are a few established–both very well established and not-so-well established–artists I consistently check for regardless. The name Pharrell Williams–along with that of his partner Chad Hugo–is one of […]
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A Many-Hued Existence

November 10, 2008 – 10:30 am
I get tons of e-mails every day from bands, musicians, singers, rappers, public relations firms and even other bloggers asking me to listen to “their” music. Only a tiny number of those e-mails contain links to music which is actually of some interest to me. And amongst that privileged minority only a paltry […]
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No Refund, Exchange Only

October 15, 2008 – 10:30 am
I confess, I’m confused as to the current status of Carolinian Hip-Hop crew Little Brother. They’re a group I’ve long championed. Me and Emeyesi broke their first single in our region via mixtape and late-night radio spins. And we burned the shit out of their debut LP, giving it extra-special attention after […]
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